FoxTrot by Bill Amend for February 22, 1990
February 21, 1990
February 23, 1990
Transcript:
Salesman: I would recommend adding a 40-megabyte hard disk and upgrading the ram to at least four megabytes. Andy: What's that going to cost? Salesman: Well, we like to say that you can get 44 megabytes for only one kilodollar. Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee Jason: Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee Salesman: (Sniff) Sorry. Computer jokes always kill me. Andy: Me too. Jason: Know any more?
That’s not an exaggeration. In 1990, a 40 MB hard drive would set you back about a thousand dollars. http://www.mkomo.com/cost-per-gigabyte